Fly-net



Patented May 9, |899.

J. WITTMANN.

FLY NET.

(Application filed June 22. 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

-JOHN WITTMANN, Vor sEvEN MILE, OHIO.

FLY-NET.

SPEGIFIGAT'IONforming part of Letters Patent No. 624,885, dated May 9.,1899.

Application filed J'nile 22, 1898. Serial No. 684,195. (No model.)

To ir/ZZ whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, J OHN WITIMANN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Seven Mile, in the county of Butler and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inl Fly-Nets, `of which thefollowing is a speciiication.

My invention relates to fly-nets for horses or other animals; and theobjects of my improvement are to vcause the ordinary movements.

of the animal to impart increased agitation to the net, to make the netlongitudinally eX- tensible to fit animals of dierent size, and toprevent injury to the netand to the members of the harness to which itmay be fastened by reason of the movements of the animal. These objectsare Obtained in the followingdescribed manner, as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which;

Figure l shows the iiy-net in position on a horse. tion of the net.

In the drawings the sides or Wings A and B of the net are secured atintervals to and depend from elastic band C, preferably formed of coilspring-wire. Said spring or band and the middle portion of the netattached thereto are extensible longitudinally. When the spring isplaced under a slight tension, it is Very sensitive and susceptible tovibratory movement that produces increased agitation of the body or wingportions of the net secured thereto. The neck portion of the net (shownin Fig. 2) is placed in position with the respective wings on oppositesides of the animals neck and secured by fastening one end of the springto the head-band D of the bridle and the other end to either theneck-band E or the saddle F of the harness and in such manner that thespring will be under some tension. The usual manner of securing the endsof the spring in position is by tying them with separate cords. Anymovement of the animal will agitate the spring that is sus- Fig. 2 is aplan view ofthe neck por-V pended in this manner and the wings of thenet'depending therefrom. The yielding of the spring will prevent it frominterfering with the movements of the animal and will obviate any injury-to the net or to the portions of the bridle or harness to which it may5o l be connected.

The portion of the net that covers the animals body is constructed in asimilarI man* ner and secured at intervals on a line drawnlongitudinally through its center to a coilspring G of the properlength. It may be se cured in position by fastening the ends of thespring respectively to the saddle and to the crupperestrap I-I, when themovements of the animal will cause the spring to increase the 6oagitation of the Wings of the net depending therefrom and on oppositesides of the animal.

rllhe wings of the net may be constructed of cord strings knottedtogether, of leather strings depending independently from the V Lesseliicient results may be obtained, but 7o at less cost, by the luse of ashort coil of spring as an extension' of one or both ends of the rigidand unyielding middle band of the usual style of ily-nets.

Having fully described my improvement, '1 5 what I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,is-

In a fly-net the combination of a coiled- Wire spring'and the respectivewings of the 8onet, said win gs of the net being secured. to the springat intervals and in a manner to depend therefrom and to yieldlongitudinally with the extension of the spring.

Vitnesses:

ROBERT S. CARR, FRANK P. RICHTER.

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